Show us your MTB

[SkipdiverJohn]

my old school 1998 Bianchi Ocelot mountain bike. It's my one bike that can take me everywhere. If I could only keep one, this would be my keeper.

Yep, Steel, no suspension, and looks like it's 26". Ticks all the boxes in my book for a no-nonsense versatile bike. Can't help thinking Bianchi were jumping on the bandwagon a bit though as MTB's aren't really their genre. Still, if it does the job then it does the job.

 

[kayakerles]

Yep, Steel, no suspension, and looks like it's 26". Ticks all the boxes in my book for a no-nonsense versatile bike. Can't help thinking Bianchi were jumping on the bandwagon a bit though as MTB's aren't really their genre. Still, if it does the job then it does the job.

Right you are,SDJ ~ 26” tires. I now have semi-road tires on it, though wide. So I can comfortably ride around the neighborhood on it, next to Parkways, on clean, muddy, or rocky trails, anywhere! Friday I got to ride on a Parkway that parallels a creek (Rock Creek Parkway) that is still closed Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays for pandemic freedom. Here it is, sans motor vehicles. (I also agree on the Bianchi comment)

 

[3narf]

I had an hour at Croft park yesterday.

2017 Ragley Piglet

 

[Grant Fondo]

'X' marks the spot on Anglesey

 

[T4tomo]

vary rarely ridden now, potentially for sale if anyone is interested

 

[Threevok]

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vary rarely ridden now, potentially for sale if anyone is interested

So tempted, but i'm trying to get rid of one bike, not inherit another

 

[AndyRM]

Yep, Steel, no suspension, and looks like it's 26". Ticks all the boxes in my book for a no-nonsense versatile bike. Can't help thinking Bianchi were jumping on the bandwagon a bit though as MTB's aren't really their genre. Still, if it does the job then it does the job.

Bianchi pretty much invented the MTB for the Italian army...

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

Bianchi pretty much invented the MTB for the Italian army...

Interesting observation, not a story I was familiar with at all.

 

[keithmac]

I thought they were an evolution of the BMX?.

 

[Sittingduck]

Surely invented in Orange County CA wasn't they?

 

[AndyRM]

Modern versions, sure. But Bianchi had created a folding MTB with suspension way before Gary Fisher was even born.

Info and gubbins here: https://bsamuseum.wordpress.com/1911-bianchi-military-folding-bicycle/

 

[Rusty Nails]

Surely invented in Orange County CA wasn't they?

There are people who argue that bikes adapted for cross country have been around well before then. But the Californians popularised it and gave it a name.
Here in the UK the Rough Stuff Fellowship started in the 1950s to encourage off-road riding.

 

[FrothNinja]

It's too small for me, get back ache after half an hour

 

[buzz22]

My 1995 Apollo Kosciusko- rigid, steel frame, upgraded from 7 speed Shimano Altus to later model 9 speed Deore components.
I replaced the original cantilever brakes with "V" brakes and popped on some wider tyres.
My favourite feature though is the very 90's marbled paintwork.

 

[Grant Fondo]

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My 1995 Apollo Kosciusko- rigid, steel frame, upgraded from 7 speed Shimano Altus to later model 9 speed Deore components.
I replaced the original cantilever brakes with "V" brakes and popped on some wider tyres.
My favourite feature though is the very 90's marbled paintwork.
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That's nice, and same year as my Cannondale M500 further up the post. Rigid MTB's are great bikes!